Necktie



Dec. 14 9 1926.

L. FRIEDMAN NECKTIE Filed Nov.

INVENITOR $1M 3mm ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 14, 1926.

UNITED STATES LOUIS FRIEDMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE.

. Application filed November 13, 1924. Serial No. 749,612.

This invention relates generally to neck ties, having more particularreference to the type of necktie commonly known as a bow tie, theinvention being embodied in a ready made bow tie.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel form of bow tie whoseshape may be changed to suit the fancy of the user, a further objectrelating to the provision of means permitting substitution of differentbow elements.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the variousnovel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a face view of my improved bow tie.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 1, butshowing a modification.

Fig. 4 is a side view ofthe crosspiece clip.

Fig. 5 is an end elevational view thereof.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the element from which the bows ofthe tie are formed. r

In constructing my improved tie I make use of strip 10 of the materialknown as chenille, or like material which consists of hair or hair-likestrands caught between a pair of twisted wires 10, or made of fur or anysimilar material having a fuzzy or furlike appearance, this strip beingof suitable length to have its ends doubled backward in the generalplane of the tie to form the bows of the tie. This material possessesboth ornamental properties, and is also characterized by a limiteddegree of flexibility that permits it to be readily bent while retainingthe configuration that may be given it, the material being in effect ofa semi-rigid nature. The ends of the strip are secured down upon theintermediate portion by a crosspiece 12. to which the usual neckband 13isattach'ed. By means of the construction above set forth a tie isprovided whose wings or bows may be readily adjusted to any desiredshape, and will retain the given shape or configuration, by reason ofthe semi-rigid nature of the material.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a tie which comprises two of the chenille stripsarranged one behind the other and secured by the one crossplece, the twostrips being of different color, one of the strips being indicated at 10and the other at 10*. With this arrangement a considerable variation ofthe appearance of the tie can be effected as the front and back elementscan be bent to expose different portions of the back element.

I may also provide, in connection with my improved tie, and particularlyin connection with the form of tie shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, aform of crosspiece that permits of ready interchangeability of the bowor wing elements. To this end I provide a clip 16 that is curved toelliptical form in end view and has its ends separated as shown, theseends being formed with slotted apertures 17. In these apertures 17 areengaged the hooks 18 projected from opposite sides of the filler bar 19to which the neckband 13 is attached. As shown in Fig. 4 of the drawingthe ends of the clip 16 abut against the sides of the bar 19, and theclip must be compressed to have one end thereof swing upon the adjacenthook as a pivot, in order to free the bar from the clip for insertion orreplacing of the two elements 10 and 10*. It will be understood ofcourse that the clip 16 will be covered by a suitable ornamental facingstrip such as indicated at 12. This construction permits ofinterchanging the two elements 10*, 10 or the substitution of onebow-forming element for another in the tie.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letpers Patent of the United States is as folows:

A ready made bow tie comprising a pair of bow elements arranged one infront of the other. each of said how elements being comprised of a stripof chenille, said strips having their ends turned backward to form thebows of the tie, and a crosspiece in the form of a removable clipsecuring the said strips in place, said clip comprising a sheet elementof parti-elliptical form, and a filler bar located between the ends ofthe said sheet element and having hooks projected there from andengaging the latter.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

LOUIS FRIEDMAN.

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